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Black-Crowned Sparrow-Lark - Sal Cape Verde 30/11/2025

30 December, 2025

 A cold grey start to the day found hundreds of Brent Geese moving east and joining well over  a1000 in the fields east & west of Bailiffscourt, also c500 Lapwing in the field west.

Red-throated Diver - 1e 4w 7 os
Teal - 4w
Shoveler - 4e
Red-breasted Merganser - 25 offshore
Gannet - 17 feeding offshore
Great-crested Grebe -11
Common Scoter - 13w
Grey Plover - 35w
Turnstone - c60
Oystercatcher - 17
Little Egret - 2
Med Gull - 7
Dartford Warbler - 1 horse paddock
Stonechat - 6
Yellowhammer - 4
Reed Bunting - 8
Meadow Pipit - 7
Grey Wagtail - 1
Linnet - c50
Skylark - 60
Kestrel - 2
Buzzard - 2

Brents & Lapwing west of Bailiffscourt

Brent Geese

Stonechat

Oystercatcher 

Records from (OM) for the 29/12/25

Red-throated Diver - at least 8E and another 8 o/s
Gannet - c.20 distantly offshore plunge diving/ fishing amongst a massive gull flock on the horizon
Great Crested Grebe - 10 o/s
Brent Goose - 58E
R/b Merganser - 24 o/s, some actually displaying
auk sp - 40+ W distant
Oystercatcher - 10
Grey Plover - 14 feeding on beach
Ringed Plover - 40+ ditto
Sanderling - 30 ditto
Turnstone - 40